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Thu, 17 Sep 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Joe Flaherty
20. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the status of the roll out of broadband connection points in counties Longford and Westmeath. [16074/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Institutes of Technology
Joe Flaherty
44. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for the completion of the recently approved STEM building for Athlone IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22631/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe Flaherty
203. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to a refund scheme for families that have missed out on refunds arising from the booking of foreign holidays in summer 2020 and for which the airlines are still sending flights (details supplied). [19740/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Taxi Regulations
Joe Flaherty
165. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the 2013 taxi regulations (details supplied). [18421/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Local Authority Rates
Joe Flaherty
30. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to engage with Longford County Council in view of the significant reduction in commercial rates due to the decarbonisation process in the midlands. [17640/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Just Transition Fund
Joe Flaherty
76. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €5 million contribution for the Just Transition Fund from the ESB is exclusively for the south County Longford and west County Offaly regions as the two communities most affected (details supplied). [17829/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Electricity Generation
Joe Flaherty
77. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request the ESB to cease planning for the demolition of the power station at Lough Ree Power, Lanesboro, County Longford as per the recommendation contained in the Just Transition Commissioner report. [17830/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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National Archives
Joe Flaherty
113. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider a timeline to commit to for making all census returns accessible online for the benefit of historians and Irish persons worldwide researching their family trees (details supplied). [17828/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Medical Research and Training
Joe Flaherty
150. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions will be considered to allow Irish persons studying medicine in other EU states to continue their studies at medical schools here for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis. [17831/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Enterprise Support Services
Joe Flaherty
179. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when qualifying entrepreneurs can apply for the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 (details supplied). [17832/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Forestry Sector
Joe Flaherty
190. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the speed, resources and capability will be increased to increase the current rate of forestry licensing approvals (details supplied). [17825/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Forestry Sector
Joe Flaherty
191. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a review of the forestry appeals committee in order to ensure that it is able to process forestry appeals in a two month timeframe (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17826/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Forestry Sector
Joe Flaherty
192. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a technical review group for the forestry sector will be established consisting of technical experts from across the industry in order to identify key and substantive improvements to the current processes (details supplied); and if so, if supporting legislation will be introduced in relation to same. [17827/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe Flaherty
30. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of measures being introduced to support small theatres which have experienced significant disruption due to Covid-19. [17282/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Consumer Protection
Joe Flaherty
59. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place a compensation package for persons who booked flights prior to 16 March 2020 for summer 2020 in cases in which airlines are insisting on flying thus forcing families to either risk Covid-19 and bring back a second wave of the virus here or lose significant sums of money (details supplied). [16408/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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State Examinations
Joe Flaherty
111. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance that can be provided in the situation pertaining to students who only intended to sit one subject in the leaving certificate 2020 and would not have been in a position to avail of the continuous assessment option (details supplied). [16407/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Health Services Staff
Joe Flaherty
179. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if the disparity in pay for staff at a facility (details supplied) will be addressed. [16409/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Joe Flaherty
180. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will engage with the management at a facility (details supplied) to provide the necessary funding to ensure a day care service can resume. [16410/20]
Wed, 15 Jul 2020
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Just Transition Fund
Joe Flaherty
31. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications made to the Just Transition Fund to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Archaeological Sites
Joe Flaherty
366. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a group (details supplied). [15647/20]